(Todd Zywicki) In my opinion (seemingly shared by virtually anyone else who has read his work), Harold Berman is one of the truly great legal thinkers of the 20th century and Law and Revolution is one of the great masterpieces of legal scholarship. Berman has been one of my two most significant intellectual influences, along with Hayek. You [...]
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(Todd Zywicki) The Washington Legal Foundation has posted its announcement for its “2010 Freedom and Justice Legal Writing Competition” for law students. The topic is ““How have recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on civil lawsuit pl... Read Post
(Todd Zywicki) This is a cool new website on the history and philosophy of libertarianism. Especially recommended is David Boas’s essay on the history of libertarianism, which I like because of its implicit Harold Berman themes (Be... Read Post
(Todd Zywicki) Another outstanding Forum on the Law and Liberty blog, this time on the Constitution and the common law. The main essay is by Jim Stoner with comments by John McGinnis and Hadley Arkes. Highly recommended. Adam Prit... Read Post